State-Level-Politics

ALEC Corporate Membership Explodes as Major Corporations Overwhelm Organization with Requests for Legislative Access

1984-01-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 8/10

By 1984, ALEC’s corporate membership had grown so rapidly that Executive Director Kathleen Teague reported corporations were overwhelming the organization’s capacity. Major corporations supporting ALEC that year included Edison Electric Institute, Procter & Gamble Co., Mary Kay …

American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) Kathleen Teague Edison Electric Institute Procter & Gamble Eli Lilly +5 more corporate-capture legislative-capture alec corporate-membership lobbying +1 more

ALEC Establishes Cabinet Task Forces and Partners with Reagan's Task Force on Federalism

1981-01-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 9/10

In 1981, ALEC formalized its systematic corporate legislative capture mechanism by establishing seven Cabinet Task Forces that worked directly with the Reagan administration on policy development. President Ronald Reagan formed a national Task Force on Federalism headed by U.S. Senator Paul Laxalt …

American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) Ronald Reagan Paul Laxalt Tom Stivers John Kasich corporate-capture legislative-capture alec reagan-administration state-level-politics +2 more